Invisible women 2: Cognitive Surplus: “A social world based on “cognitive surplus” will be one that is not gender neutral. It will have more participation by males, and therefore will be socially skewed to the masculine — at least until we have gender parity in taking care of the home, the children, the elderly, etc. That is something that I would expect an intelligent observer of society to notice.”

Google funds research tool for gender role analysis in TV, films: “Google granted $1.2 million to a nonprofit organization to help with gender stereotyping research in the media on Thursday, according to Google’s website for its own Global Impact Awards. The money will go toward developing a tool that will automate the process of identifying women and their actions in hundreds of hours of video.”

Stop Expecting Free Work from Women: “This belief that women are inconsequential and valueless is deeply, deeply wrong, and it’s dismaying to see it so casual and widespread in spaces where people should know better.”

Why We Decided to Stop Publishing “Fan Fiction Friday”: “I know how it feels to be shamed by institutions and people who can broadcast their thoughts a lot farther than I ever could. I want io9 to be a safe space for dark satire, but I also want it to be a safe space for the little guy to dream his or her harmless, weird dreams in peace.”

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Is it OK to submit your own blog posts for linkspam suggestions? I’ve written about women at tech conferences and the idea of creating safe spaces, stemming from a documentary I saw about LGBT seniors: “Gen Silent and Women at Tech Conferences”. Thanks!